Announcements Archive

RSS

Relive the excitement of Homecoming’s Gator Growl through beautiful photography

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Relive the excitement of Homecoming’s Gator Growl through beautiful photography, including photos of Lynyrd Skynyrd, fireworks and the basketball team’s appearance. Visit http://gogatornation.com/ for the slide show.

Filed under Announcements, Top Stories on Friday, November 9, 2007.

Sister Hazel to kick off 2007 holiday tour in Gainesville

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Sister Hazel, known for the hits “All for You,” “Change Your Mind” and “Your Mistake,” will kick off their national “The 12 Days of Christmas Tour 2007″ in Gainesville. The group will perform tracks from their recent Christmas release, “Santa’s Playlist” – part of which was recorded at the Phillips Center [...]

Filed under Announcements, Top Stories on Thursday, November 8, 2007.

Lighten-up events bring energy efficiency to Gainesville

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s Office of Sustainability is joining forces with Gainesville Regional Utilities and International Carbon Bank & Exchange, this weekend to get 5,000 compact fluorescent light bulbs into the hands of GRU customers.
The first 1,000 people who come to the GRU booth at the Downtown Festival & Art Show will [...]

Filed under Announcements, Happenings on Thursday, November 8, 2007.

“The Simpsons” writer is coming to Gainesville on Nov. 13

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An Emmy Award-winning writer and producer of “The Simpsons” stops by the University of Florida campus on Tuesday to speak about comedy and his experience with the popular, often off-color, animated series.
Mike Reiss is scheduled to give a lecture on Nov. 13 at the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom. The event is free [...]

Filed under Announcements, Top Stories on Wednesday, November 7, 2007.

What do Tiger Woods, the University of Florida and Gatorade have in common?

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Gatorade Company and Tiger Woods will be working together to create a signature line of performance sports beverages to be launched in March 2008.
The new beverage line breaks new ground for both Gatorade and Woods, as it is Gatorade’s first-ever licensing deal and Woods’ first-ever endorsement of a sports beverage.
Gatorade was [...]

Filed under Announcements, Top Stories on Thursday, November 1, 2007.